Water-closet



March 8, 1927. I

. 1,620,429 G. R. BELL WATER CLOSET Filed Dec. 1, 1926 INVENTOR PatentedMar. 8, 1927.

UNITED STATES GORDON It. BELL, F ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO.

WATER-CLOSET.

Application filed. December The object of my invention is the provisionof a water closet so constructed and equipped that its bowl can beexpeditiously and thoroughly cleaned through the medium of a jet of hotwater.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in theimprovement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification 1-Figure 1 is a general view of a water closet constructed in accordancewith the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 shows the preferred relative arrangement of the hot water jetconduit.

Similar numerals designate corresponding parts in both views of thedrawing.

The flush tank 1 and the bowl 2 may be of the types shown in Figure 1 orof any 10 other types compatible with the purpose of my invention.

Leading from the tank 1 or from any other appropriate source of watersupply is a con duit which preferably comprises a depending pipe securedto the upright arm of an elbow 3 while a pipe 4 is connected to theforward arm thereof and the bowl 2, and arranged in the usual relationto the latter.

At 5 is a pipe which is valved as at 6 and is designed to be connectedwith the hot water boiler of a dwelling house or with any other sourceof hot water supply. The said pipe 5 is connected at its end shown witha short pipe 7, and said short pipe 7 is connected in turn with thedownturned portion of a conduit section 8 which is preferably formedintegrally with and extends horizontally from the center of the head ofthe elbow 3 in a manner to form with the elbow a substantially T-shapeconfiguration as best shown in Figure 2 of the drawings,

and said conduit section 8 is directed forwardly within the elbow as at9 so as to have the capacity of jetting a stream of hot water 1, 1926.Serial No. 152,001.

against the portion of the bowl 2 opposite to the connection of the pipe4.

Manifestly when it is desired to use hot water to facilitate thethorough cleansing of the bowl 2 and to remove sediment from the bowl 2it is simply necessary for the operator to open the valve 6 when a jetof hot water will be discharged through the conduit 8 and against theinterior portion of the bowl opposite to the connection of the pipe at.Manifestly the hot water especially when applied in the manner statedwill quickly and thoroughly clean the interior of the bowl 2.

hen it is not desired to utilize the hot water as stated the watercloset is operated in the ordinary well known manner or in any othermanner compatible with the purpose of my invention.

I have specifically described the preferred embodiment of my inventionin order to impart an exact understanding of the said embodiment. I donot desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to thedisclosed construction and relative arrangement of parts inasmuch as myinvention is delined by my appended claim within the scope of whichchanges may be made without affecting my invention.

What I claim is:

A water closet comprising a bowl, a vertical pipe adapted to lead from asource of flushing water suply, an elbow having one end connected tosaid pipe, a conduit connected to the opposite end of said elbow andleading therefrom for communication with the water closet bowl, aconduit arranged in said elbow and having a portion extend ingrearwardly from the head thereof. and a valved pipe connected to the endof said portion and adapted to be in communication with a source of hotwater supply.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

GORDON R. BELL.

